Landscape composition and orchard management effects on bat assemblages and bat foraging activity in apple crops by Marcos Miñarro, Daniel García

“…For that, we carried out acoustic monitoring of bats and sampled pest moth abundance across a wider range of apple orchards covering different landscape contexts and local management conditions. …”
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APPLE BREEDING PROGRAMS AND METHODS: THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT by E. N. Sedov

“…It is necessary to create cultivars immune and highly resistant to powdery mildew, European red mite, apple moth, and other pests. We need apple cultivars with multiple resistance to pests and diseases.Apple breeding on a polyploidy level at the Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding proved to be quite promising. …”
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Damage Identification in Large-Scale Structures Using Time Series Analysis and Improved Sparse Regularization by Huihui Chen, Xiaojing Yuan

“…The proposed method has been validated based on a numerical continuous rigid frame bridge and an experimental steel truss bridge. Compared to the moth-flame optimization (MFO) algorithm and traditional regularization methods, for both noise-free and noise polluted data, the iteration curves illustrate that the proposed method can achieve convergence within about 200 iterations, while the MFO algorithm is always trapped into local optima; meanwhile, the traditional regularization method needs more iterations or even cannot meet the preset tolerance. …”
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Optimizing Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance Using Advanced Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by Siva Ram Rajeyyagari, Srinivas Nowduri

“…These include the Angle of Attack Optimization (AOA), Particle Swarm Optimization with Grey Wolf Optimizer (PSOGWO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), Moth Flame Optimization (MFO), and Multi-Verse Optimizer (MVO). …”
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Enhanced prediction of energy dissipation rate in hydrofoil-crested stepped spillways using novel advanced hybrid machine learning models by Ehsan Afaridegan, Nosratollah Amanian

“…This study investigates the prediction of EDR using advanced hybrid Machine Learning (ML) models, including the Tabular Neural Network with Moth Flame Optimization (TabNet-MFO), Long Short-Term Memory with Ant Lion Optimizer (LSTM-ALO), Extreme Learning Machine with Jaya and Firefly Optimization (ELM-JFO), and Support Vector Regression with Improved Whale Optimization (SVR-IWOA). …”
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Sustainability of Mahogany Production in Plantations: Does Resource Availability Influence Susceptibility of Young Mahogany Plantation Stands to Hypsipyla robusta Infestation? by C. B. Darko, E. Opuni-Frimpong, S. A. Owusu, B. Kyere, A. J. Storer

“…Hypsipyla robusta Moore (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), like many other moth species, shows selectivity when choosing host plants for its eggs. …”
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Lifecycle Completion and Reproductive Improvement of <i>Chrysoperla carnea</i> (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Following a Prey Shift Routine During Larval Development by Muhammad Waleed Shakoor, Jawwad Hassan Mirza, Muhammad Kamran, Fahad Jaber Alatawi

“…The present study aimed to assess the lifecycle completion and reproductive improvement of green lacewing, <i>Chrysoperla carnea</i> (Stephens), larval instars in a prey shift routine while alternatively feeding on motiles of two-spotted spider mite, <i>Tetranychus urticae</i> Koch (natural prey), and the eggs of almond moth, <i>Ephestia cautella</i> (Walker) (factitious prey). …”
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Areawide management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), using selected cover crop plants by Robert L. Meagher, Rodney N. Nagoshi, Shelby J. Fleischer, John K. Westbrook, David L. Wright, J. Bradley Morris, James T. Brown, Amy J. Rowley

“…Smith) is a migratory moth that annually migrates northward each spring from sites in southern Florida and southern Texas. …”
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Protein quality of four indigenous edible insect species in Nigeria by Florence Inje Oibiokpa, Helmina Olufunmilayo Akanya, Ali Audu Jigam, Abubakar Ndaman Abubakar, Evans Chidi Egwim

“…This work was therefore designed to determine the protein quality of moth caterpillar, termite, cricket and grasshopper and the effects of diets supplemented with these insects on some biochemical and haematological indices of rats. …”
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Pesticide susceptibility monitoring of fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)): a simple methodology for information-sharing among Southeast Asian countries by Supangkana Thirawut, Woravit Sutjaritthammajariyangkun, Artit Rukkasikorn, Pruetthichat Punyawattoe, Uraporn Noonart, Youichi Kobori

“…Abstract Background The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a destructive moth pest. It is highly migratory and was first detected in Southeast Asia in 2018, rapidly becoming a major pest of corn production in this region. …”
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Comparative study of phenotypic and genotypic expression of virulence factors in colonizing and pathogenic carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) by Swati Sharma, Kamal Singh, Ashish Chaurasiya, Tuhina Banerjee, Royana Singh, Ghanshyam Yadav, Ashok Kumar

“…In-vivo survival percentage was studied by Galleria mellonella (wax moth) killing assay. Phenotypic characterization revealed that the biofilm formation and desiccation survival proportion was significantly higher in colonizer carbapenem resistant A. baumannii (p < 0.05). …”
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Extensive vegetation management and semi-natural habitats increase plant alpha and gamma diversity in European vineyards by Silvia Winter, Ricarda Weitzl, Stefan Möth, Božana Petrović, Violette Aurelle, Pauline Tolle, Thomas Costes, Sylvie Richart-Cervera, Adrien Rusch

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Biochemical, ecological and molecular characterization of Xenorhabdus anantnagensis associated with Steinernema anantnagense from India: evaluating nematode efficacy against Helico... by Krishnapriya Okram, Aashaq Hussain Bhat, Ladoi Drema

“…The strain KP_CU could kill the wax moth larvae with 38, 16 and 9 IJs at 24, 36 and 48 h, respectively. …”
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Time to HIV viral rebound and frequency of post-treatment control after analytical interruption of antiretroviral therapy: an individual data-based meta-analysis of 24 prospective... by Jesper D. Gunst, Jesal Gohil, Johanthan Z. Li, Ronald J. Bosch, Andrea White, Catherine Seamon, Tae-Wook Chun, Beatriz Mothe, Kathleen Gittens, Lauren Praiss, Marie-Angélique De Scheerder, Linos Vandekerckhove, Kevin Escandón, Ann Thorkelson, Timothy Schacker, Devi SenGupta, Christian Brander, Emmanouil Papasavvas, Luis J. Montaner, Javier Martinez-Picado, Ruxandra Calin, Antonella Castagna, Camilla Muccini, Wesley de Jong, Lorna Leal, Felipe Garcia, Rob A. Gruters, Timothy Tipoe, John Frater, Ole S. Søgaard, Sarah Fidler

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